🆈🅴🆉🆉🅴🆈@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoWhen rich people can edit their kids DNA won't that just lock everyone else out and create a new class?message-squaremessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1220arrow-down1message-squareWhen rich people can edit their kids DNA won't that just lock everyone else out and create a new class?🆈🅴🆉🆉🅴🆈@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square173fedilinkfile-text
CRISPR and other tools aren’t science fiction anymore. If the wealthy get there first, what happens to everyone else?
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·10 hours agoNot seen Gattaca, but a multi-tier, genetically structured society is the basis of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, which is well worth a read.
minus-squareSaneMartigan@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoWorth noting, it’s a pretty short book so don’t sleep on it.
Not seen Gattaca, but a multi-tier, genetically structured society is the basis of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, which is well worth a read.
Worth noting, it’s a pretty short book so don’t sleep on it.